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lcottrell
Joined: 29 May 2006
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Location: Jordan Valley, Or
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 Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:32 pm Post subject: plane crash at Owyhee State |
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We finally got the paper today and you were right, but the report was not very accurate that you read. Since the area that it was reported was about 15 to 20 miles from the resevoir. I copied the article and have it here for further explanation. I was a bit surprised to find that the area is so heavily used. The altitude is not very high and the density should have actually been near or below what the actual altitude is. Like I say the tomahawk is not a back country plane.
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Larry, Oregon
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Plane crash traps duo
Andy Gates | Argus Observer
ONTARIO
A light aircraft carrying two people crashed into the Owyhee Reservoir Sunday afternoon following an unsuccessful takeoff from the short, dirt runway of Owyhee Reservoir State Airport on the Pelican Point Peninsula, 45 miles south of Ontario.
The pair freed themselves from their sinking plane and swam through icy waters until they were pulled to shore by witnesses to the crash, Malheur County Undersheriff Brian Wolfe said.
Deputies received a call from Boise Air Traffic Control around 2:56 p.m., Wolfe said, and a rescue boat and aircraft were deployed to the area.
Wolfe said the MCSO moved quickly to the scene.
“We scrambled,” Wolfe said.
The two people in the aircraft freed themselves from the sinking plane, and were reported to be 70 to 80 feet off-shore.
By the time deputies arrived, though, the aircraft was submerged in shallow waters, Wolfe said.
The pilot and passenger swam through chilly waters until reaching ice 40 feet off-shore, Wolfe said.
They were pulled in with a stick by a witness, then warmed by fire and flown to Nampa, Wolfe said.
“This could have been very tragic,” Wolfe said. “It's fortunate no one died.”
According to the Federal Aviation Administration's Web site, the Piper Tomahawk “failed to climb on takeoff and crashed into Owyhee Reservoir” during activity classified as “pleasure.”
Beyond that information, the exact cause of the crash has not yet been posted on the FAA Web site, and Wolfe said Monday he did not know why the plane crashed.
The Oregon Department of Aviation owns and operates 28 airports, and of these, nine are designated as “warning airports” for dimensional standards and conditions that require specific pilot knowledge, according to the Oregon Department of Aviation Web site.
The Owyhee Reservoir State Airport is not accessible by ground and is designated as one of nine Warning Airports in the state - 10 or more aircraft can be found there during a busy holiday weekend, according to the Oregon Department of Aviation Web site.
The runway, which is “only” 1,840 feet long, is dirt, and sits across the Pelican Point Peninsula, where reservoir waters normally come right up to the airfield edge, according to the Oregon Department of Aviation Web site.
The plane will need to be removed from the reservoir, Wolfe said, and deputies were scheduled to photograph the scene Monday.
The damage to the fixed wing, single engine Piper Tomahawk is “substantial,” according to the FAA Web site, but there were no serious injuries, the Web site shows.
The aircraft is registered to William O. Dodd Jr., Nampa, according to the plane's identification number indexed on the FAA online registry.
Dodd did not return a call Monday for comment.
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Arty Trost
Joined: 25 May 2006
Posts: 206
Location: Sandy, Oregon
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| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:24 pm Post subject: plane crash at Owyhee State |
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I flew into Pelican Point in my Drifter in 2005.
There were over a dozen GA planes tied down; it's a
favorite weekend fly-in camping spot. Both the
approach and the departure are over water - any
problems at take-off and you can be in real trouble.
I was nervous since there were several planes in the
pattern without radios - and some who were just
fooling around and not sticking to the pattern. But
for "ultralight-type" aircraft the runway is plenty
long, as there are no obstructions at either end.
Arty
Sandy, Oregon
--- Larry Cottrell <lcottrell(at)fmtcblue.com> wrote:
| Quote: | We finally got the paper today and you were right,
but the report was not very accurate that you read.
Since the area that it was reported was about 15 to
20 miles from the resevoir. I copied the article and
have it here for further explanation. I was a bit
surprised to find that the area is so heavily used.
The altitude is not very high and the density should
have actually been near or below what the actual
altitude is. Like I say the tomahawk is not a back
country plane.
Do not archive
Larry, Oregon
Plane crash traps duo
Andy Gates | Argus Observer
ONTARIO
A light aircraft carrying two people crashed into
the Owyhee Reservoir Sunday afternoon following an
unsuccessful takeoff from the short, dirt runway of
Owyhee Reservoir State Airport on the Pelican Point
Peninsula, 45 miles south of Ontario.
The pair freed themselves from their sinking plane
and swam through icy waters until they were pulled
to shore by witnesses to the crash, Malheur County
Undersheriff Brian Wolfe said.
Deputies received a call from Boise Air Traffic
Control around 2:56 p.m., Wolfe said, and a rescue
boat and aircraft were deployed to the area.
Wolfe said the MCSO moved quickly to the scene.
"We scrambled," Wolfe said.
The two people in the aircraft freed themselves from
the sinking plane, and were reported to be 70 to 80
feet off-shore.
By the time deputies arrived, though, the aircraft
was submerged in shallow waters, Wolfe said.
The pilot and passenger swam through chilly waters
until reaching ice 40 feet off-shore, Wolfe said.
They were pulled in with a stick by a witness, then
warmed by fire and flown to Nampa, Wolfe said.
"This could have been very tragic," Wolfe said.
"It's fortunate no one died."
According to the Federal Aviation Administration's
Web site, the Piper Tomahawk "failed to climb on
takeoff and crashed into Owyhee Reservoir" during
activity classified as "pleasure."
Beyond that information, the exact cause of the
crash has not yet been posted on the FAA Web site,
and Wolfe said Monday he did not know why the plane
crashed.
The Oregon Department of Aviation owns and operates
28 airports, and of these, nine are designated as
"warning airports" for dimensional standards and
conditions that require specific pilot knowledge,
according to the Oregon Department of Aviation Web
site.
The Owyhee Reservoir State Airport is not accessible
by ground and is designated as one of nine Warning
Airports in the state - 10 or more aircraft can be
found there during a busy holiday weekend, according
to the Oregon Department of Aviation Web site.
The runway, which is "only" 1,840 feet long, is
dirt, and sits across the Pelican Point Peninsula,
where reservoir waters normally come right up to the
airfield edge, according to the Oregon Department of
Aviation Web site.
The plane will need to be removed from the
reservoir, Wolfe said, and deputies were scheduled
to photograph the scene Monday.
The damage to the fixed wing, single engine Piper
Tomahawk is "substantial," according to the FAA Web
site, but there were no serious injuries, the Web
site shows.
The aircraft is registered to William O. Dodd Jr.,
Nampa, according to the plane's identification
number indexed on the FAA online registry.
Dodd did not return a call Monday for comment.
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